civilize (v.)

  1. teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; Cultivate your musical taste; Train your tastebuds; She is well schooled in poetry

    [ Syn: educate , school , train , cultivate , civilise ]

  2. raise from a barbaric to a civilized state; The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized

    [ Syn: civilise ]

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